Banana Bread

After being stuck in bed with a nasty cold I really wanted something warm, sweet and tasty to perk up my spirits. What better then to have some banana bread straight out of the oven with cinnamon and ginger?! As per usual there is no wheat or dairy in this.


Ingredients:

250g muscavado sugar
2 eggs
4 soft bananas (the softer they are, the sweeter the bread will be)
320g wheat and gluten free self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
180g soy spread
1tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
Squeeze of honey

Mixture in the cake tin flattened

To Make:
With food processor:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees
• Grease a loaf tin with soy spread, then sprinkle flour over the top
• Put all the ingredients into food processor and blitz till combined
• Pour mixture into the loaf tin and flatten the top
• Pop into the oven for approx 1 hour. You know it is done when you can pop a skewer, or a thin knife, in and it comes out clean
• Take out of the loaf tin and put on a board to cool enough to eat without scalding your self

Fresh from the oven

By Hand:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees
• Grease a loaf tin with soy spread, then sprinkle flour over the top
•  Mash the banana up in a bowl
• Mix all the dry ingredients together
• Combine the dry ingredients and wet till smooth
• Mix in the mashed banana
• Pour into loaf tin and flatten the top
• Pop into the oven for approx 1 hour. You know it is done when you can pop a skewer, or a thin knife, in and it comes out clean
• Take out of the loaf tin and put on a board to cool enough to eat without scalding your self

Cooled and cut

I found this was denser and a bit more crumbly than other banana breads I've had before so next time I'm going to add a bit more self raising flour and some xanthan gum to help it bind together and hopefully to rise some more as well. My best friend was over and had some and said it was delicious so win!